Cedars-Sinai New Grad Summer 2013

babyrn88 · Apr 12, 2013

The person I interviewed with had very specific things she was looking for in answers to the questions. Kinda scary because it's been about 9 months since I graduated. I really have no idea how it went... not bad but not fabulous for me.

WestCoastHRT · Apr 12, 2013

Hi everyone, I also interviewed today. So many clinical behavioral questions!

I was thrown off at the beginning of my interview because my interviewer asked me why she did not have information about what clinicals I've done... which was not required to be included, and I dont include on my resume because it should be implied that as a graduate nurse I have completed all required clinical courses (I did include my preceptorship clinical rotation). There was also some weirdness surrounding which area I was interested in. I did say that critical care was my first choice, knowing full well that I would be beginning in med-surg, and I made sure to acknowledge that this was a long term goal. At the end of my interview, I feel like I was penalized for saying a specialty area. Finally, the interviewer told me that all of the interviewers today are nurse educators, and that the next step if we are chosen to go on in the process is an interview with the managers. What! I thought today was the "Manager Interview Event"...

Sorry for venting, I just dont know how to feel about today. Hope everyone else had a better experience!

SandyMickey · Apr 12, 2013

Yeah I feel ya westcoast. I thought this was it. Guess they're doing things differently than last year?

liddy_adams · Apr 12, 2013

I don't know how I feel today about how the interview went. The peer pressure question threw me off, because honestly, I had no peer pressure issues in my clinical rotations, and I'm bad at making stuff up. Like really bad at creating stories from nothing! I hear peer pressure and I think back to junior high videos they would show us of kids saying "No, I don't want to smoke Virginia Slims, I'm committed to Track and Field," (I'm not kidding, that was seriously a video we watched). I had conflict resolution stories I could share, but not peer pressure.

She did tell me that there were about 200 interviews being done today. I at least feel good that I was hitting on all the points she was fishing for in the scenario questions. But in the end, I just don't know.

CaliRN07 · Apr 12, 2013

Omg that peer pressure question threw me off too!! And it was the first question! My interview was okay..don't feel too great about it. The lady I interviewed with said they will be notifying us in a couple days if we're chosen for the next round of interviews. Did they give any of you a specific date?

mellowyellow2 · Apr 12, 2013

AHH i thought it was just me with those 1st 2 questions. I'd rather have my not so favorite "tell me about yourself" haha

My lady didn't know about the next round, but all HR told me was they'd contact us via email in 1-2 wks.

Just wondering, did your interviewers ask you all the questions on the paper they were writing on? Mine didn't ask me 2 of them, but i'm guessing it's because of what my top choices for units were? Thought this was interesting.

SandyMickey · Apr 12, 2013

I don't think she asked me one of them....but was anyone else told that we would be on med surg for the entire 18 months? My interviewer asked me for a med surg floor I was interested in even though I put L&D as my area of interest

alwayshere13 · Apr 12, 2013

OMG they were tough. I didn't do good during the interview like how I wanted to be. I had alot of medication questions and I got stucked when I was asked what would you do for a patient that has a epididymitis? I was like epididymi what? hahahaha I just said next question please. LOL so for all of you who made it to the next round. Congratulations :)

states · Apr 12, 2013

dude, is the traffic always that bad in LA? I was also bummed that they are doing a 2nd round--I was under the impression that we were gonna interview w/ the managers. I spent like $300-400 on this trip haha..

itsnowornever, BSN, RN · Apr 12, 2013

dude is the traffic always that bad in LA? I was also bummed that they are doing a 2nd round--I was under the impression that we were gonna interview w/ the managers. I spent like $300-400 on this trip haha..[/quote']
Yes, it is.
Posting from my phone, ease forgive my fat thumbs! :)

laurbaks · Apr 12, 2013

Well coming here really helps to make me feel better. I don't feel I did terrible on the interview but at the same time I definitely have no idea if somewhere in my babbling I said something to help me stand out. :cry: HAHA truthfully, I went to the interview excited for this. I got there 2 hours early so sat outside and met someone that was so....QUALIFIED and prepared... I'm happy for him because there's no doubt in my mind he will get this position but my self esteem was definitely shot down a bit going in.

Just like the rest of you, my heart shattered when they said there was going to be another round of interviews because I thoroughly believed this would be it. The biggest thing that worries me is having to pick a unit of choice. I said NICU (that's definitely a passion) and then explained I'm willing to start off on a med surge then slowly work my way through a mother-baby or ICU unit to that. My interviewer then asked, "but WHICH med surge floor would you like to start off on?" and went through a 1-2 minute list of her just naming units. I had no idea there were other med surge units than just "med surge." I was COMPLETELY overwhelmed but the two that stood out were oncology and pediatrics so I just named those two... I wish I could have just said, "med surge," and let it be done with but... I think that is really going to hurt me moving onto the next step. I don't want to seem so picky...and ESPECIALLY putting Peds (I'm not even PALS certified yet...)

Good luck to everyone & hope we all make it.

SandyMickey · Apr 12, 2013

Well coming here really helps to make me feel better. I don't feel I did terrible on the interview but at the same time I definitely have no idea if somewhere in my babbling I said something to help me stand out. HAHA truthfully, I went to the interview excited for this. I got there 2 hours early so sat outside and met someone that was so....QUALIFIED and prepared... I'm happy for him because there's no doubt in my mind he will get this position but my self esteem was definitely shot down a bit going in.
Just like the rest of you, my heart shattered when they said there was going to be another round of interviews because I thoroughly believed this would be it. The biggest thing that worries me is having to pick a unit of choice. I said NICU (that's definitely a passion) and then explained I'm willing to start off on a med surge then slowly work my way through a mother-baby or ICU unit to that. My interviewer then asked, "but WHICH med surge floor would you like to start off on?" and went through a 1-2 minute list of her just naming units. I had no idea there were other med surge units than just "med surge." I was COMPLETELY overwhelmed but the two that stood out were oncology and pediatrics so I just named those two... I wish I could have just said, "med surge," and let it be done with but... I think that is really going to hurt me moving onto the next step. I don't want to seem so picky...and ESPECIALLY putting Peds (I'm not even PALS certified yet...)
Good luck to everyone & hope we all make it.

Yeah laurbaks me too....the only floor I could think of was ortho because that was my first rotation. L&D is where I'd like to be so I still put that on my cover sheet. I almost wanted to say mother/baby as my med surg floor hahaha but I know that doesn't count lol